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Centaurium pulchellum · gražioji širdažolė

  • lesser centaury, slender centaury
  • Kleines Tausendgüldenkraut, Zierliches Tausendgüldenkraut
  • gražioji širdažolė
  • skaistais augstiņš
  • centuria nadobna, centuria czerwona, tysięcznik czerwony

This plant is found in the southerly temperate zones of Europe. Lesser centaury is an erect annual herb branching from the base, often less than 10 cm tall. Sometimes it is reduced to a single stem with one flower. By the time it flowers, from June to September, there is no basal rosette. The leafy stem has opposite pairs of narrow oval leaves. The inflorescence is a group of a few pale pink star-like flowers, each with a short stalk, a tube and five narrow petals, about 1 cm across, flat-faced with yellow anthers. Like other members of the family, the flowers close in the afternoon. The calyx is about as long as the fruit, which is a cylindrical capsule.

5-15 cm aukščio augalas. Stiebas nuo pagrindo šakotas, be skrotelinių lapų. Žiedynai ir žiedai panašūs į skėtinės širdažolės. Žydi birželio – rugsėjo mėn. Auga drėgnesnėse augavietėse, pievose.